Dish holding basket



June 16, 1931. s. BLAKESLEE ETAL 1,310,199

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This invention relates to dish holding baskets of the type commonly employed in dish washing machines in which the baskets are moved through the machine over below the path of. said baskets, meanwhile water-from the tank sing thrown on the dishes supported in the baskets by means of a paddle wheel which dips into the water in the tank and throws the water forcibly against the dishes, This application is divisional of the copending application of George S. Blakeslee and George 1923, now iPatent No. 1,712,728, granted May 14,1929, wherein this general type of dishwashing machine is disclosed. The present invention has for its object to provide an improved dish supporting rack for such baskets which may be made entirely of wood, and which will be substantial in construction and of such design as to receive dishesof various shapes and hold them securely'in place and in the proper position for the application of the wash water thereto While they are being washed, thereby not only reducing the danger of breakage, but also insuring the proper Such object is accomplished as illustrated in the drawingsand hereinafter more particularly described.

' What we regard as new is set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, p I i I Fig. lis a plan view of a dish washing machine basket equipped with the improved rack;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View illustrating some details of the construction of the rack; and v Fig. 4: is an enlarged perspective view of one of the upright fingers which form a part vertical section on I of the rack.

Referring to the drawings,-5 indicates a basket such as is designed to receive and support the improved rack, said basket being preferably rectangular in form as shown, and

made of sheet metal. The dishes to be washed I are supported in said basket by means of a wooden rack, indicated as a whole by the refthe wash Serial No. 655,24t1, filed August 2,

nIsH HOLDING BASKET Serial N0.T655,241. Divided and this application filed March 28, 1925. Serial No. 19,019.

erence numeral 6, comprising a plurality of longitudinally-disposed wooden bars 7 suitablyspaced apart as shown, and held in fixed relation to each other by means of a series of cross-rods 8, also made of wood, which are fitted in transverse holes 9 in the bars 7 By this construction a reticulated framework is. formed by the longitudinally extending bars (and the cross-rods 8 which is entirely of \vood so that there is less danger of breakage should. the dishes be carelessly deposited on the rack than if the parts were of metal.

The bars 7fare spaced apart the proper/distance to receive between them cups or similar articles, and the cross-rods 8 arealso spaced properly tosupport such articles, as best illustrated in Fig. 1. As also shown in said figure, large plates are supported by two adjacent' longitudinal bars 7,and, as will be apparent, other smaller dishes, or dishes of i'rregularsha'pe, may be supported either by single bars or by several.

For the purpose of supporting plates and other relatively flat dishes in .an approxi-l mately vertical position, the longitudinally extendingbars 7 are provided with upwardly a firmer-"support for said fingers. This is 3 best accomplished by sloping or inclining the upper surfaces of said bars'around the holes 12 so that they are perpendicular to the axes of said holes, and providing the fingers with perpendicular shoulders 10*at the bases of the tenons 11. Byproviding the fingers 10 with the square tenons and driving them into the round holes 12 as above described, the

fingers arelfirmly secured in place, asthe cor- I ,ners of the tenons cut into the bars to some extent and are wedged tightly in place. The shoulders lo contact tightly with the upper surfaces of the barsiover said holes so that the enough so that the shoulders formed by cut ting down the bars 7 to form such sloping surfaces, together wlth the sloping surfaces, prov1de notches 13 resembling troughs 111' the upper surfaces of each of the bars 7 back of eachof the fingers 10 to receive the ed es of saucers, plates and the like, as shown in Fig 2, and the upper portions of the fingers l cooperate with said notches or troughs to secure the dishes firmly so that they are not liable to be displaced by the wash water, which is thrown forcibly upon them by the paddle wheel.

The basket is provided with inwardlyprojecting flanges 14 at the ends thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, on which flanges the ends of the bars 7 rest, and, if desired, the rack 6 may be secured in the basket by driving nails 15 through its ends into the ends of said bars, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2. Such nailing may, however, be dispensed with if it be preferred that the rack be more readily removable.

Thisv invention provides a dish supporting rack which securely and safely supports dishes of a variety of sizes and shapes so that they will not easily be displaced by the force of the wash water thrown on them by the paddle wheels, and which may be made entirely of wood, thereby reducing the danger of breakage.

While the basket shown and described is primarily intended for use in connection with dish washing machines of the type described, it may, of course, be used with any other kind of dish washing machine to WlllCll 1t 1s adapted.

What we claim as the invention Of'SillCl Gnonen S. BLAKnsLnn, deceased, and GEORGE P, ANs'rIss, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A dish holding rack for dish washing machines comprising parallel horizontal wooden bars provided with round holes therein at intervals and inclined to the vertical, the upper surfaces of said bars around said holes being at right angle to the axis of said holes, a series of fingers carried by said bars, said fingers having square tenons at their lower ends inserted in said holes, and having shoulders perpendicular to the bases of said tenons abutting against said inclined surfaces, and means for spacing said bars apart.

2. A dish holding rack for dish washing machines comprising a plurality of substantially parallel bars spaced apart, and a series of substantially parallel upwardly extending fingers carried by said bars and spaced apart longitudinally thereof, sald bars having transverse notches narrower than the spaces between the bottoms of said fingers disposed between &(l' jlCQI1t fingers to receive the edges of plates and lire dishes resting against said fingers.

3. A'dish holding rack for dish washing machines comprising parallel wooden bars provided with round holes therein at in tervals, a series of substantially upright fingers carried by said bars and having square tenons at their lower ends and shoulders perpendicular to the tenons, said tenons being driven into the holes and the shoulders abutting squarely against the upper surface of the bars, and'means for spacing the bars apart.

4. A dish holding rack for dish washing machines comprising parallel bars spaced apart and provided with notches at intervals along their upper edges, and a series of upwardly extending fingers carried by said bars projecting from within the notches, said notches being narrower than the spaces between the bottoms of said fingers for positioning the edges of plates and like dishes and said fingers in each next adjacent notch bracing the dishes at an angle for washing purposes.

5. A dish holding rack for dish washing machines comprising parallel bars spaced apart and provided with notches at intervals along their upper edges, said notches comprising surfaces inclined to the horizontal intersecting substantially vertical surfaces, the latter forming the shoulder portions of the notches, a series of upwardly extending fingers carried by said bars projecting substantially, at'right angles to the inclined surfaces of thenotches thereon, said fingers being spaced away from the shoulders of the notches and extending across the full width of said bars to form troughs traversing the bars, said troughs coacting with the fingers in each preceding notch for positioning and bracingt'he plates or like dishes.

' GEORGE R. BLAKESLEE, Executor 0f the Estate of George S. 'Blaices- Zee, deceased.

GEORGE P. ANSTISS. 

